Bass promised the search would not stretch 79 days like it did when Peterson was hired in 2010. That figure isn’t in any danger right now, but it would behoove UNCW to find a coach sooner rather than later.

The team will have at least three open scholarships and both point guards currently committed to the next recruiting class — Nik Brown and Malik Pugh — are exploring other options. The list of schools that fired coaches before Peterson but have not filled the opening includes Appalachian State, Delaware State, Florida Atlantic and IUPUI.

The only publicly identified candidate is interim coach Eddie Biedenbach, who said last week that he hadn’t been formally interviewed for the position.

Put blame where you want but Bass is the issue. Until UNCW gets someone in that AD position who knows how to run an Athletic Department and manage people but more importantly manage a budget the DUB will be in trouble.

I don’t understand the “Bass Bashing”. He didn’t make the mess he inherited it. In a big university with deep pockets you can do a lot more in a short time. That can’t happen here. All of you who have the idea that this is a quick fix have never been in business for yourself or worked for a company that was in the middle of turning around their company during bad times.

Let the guy do his job and if you don’t get a good coach then bash him. He cut out the cancer now let him do what we are asking him to do. He is a good guy who really cares and he answers to a Chancellor who cares about sports. It takes time.

Definitely not a quick fix for sure. Seeing how bad the administration has been for so long at making business decisions people are surely on edge, but this is surely his chance to get it right and separate himself from the incompetence that sat over there for so long.

Of the 27 D-I teams with openings at the beginning of the postseason, only 9 have made coaching hires. 10 if you want to include South Florida, who hired Steve Masiello but lost him due to an inaccuracy on his resume.